Actress Priyanka Chopra Discusses Guess Deal

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra talks with WSJ’s Lee Hawkins about being the first Indian woman selected as the face of the Guess brand and the cultural significance.

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I ... here the first ... Indian woman to be that they said yes ... and this is all over Harper's Bazaar it's all over Marie Claire ... the beest magazine a ton of others ... and prevented the senior pays across North America ... I think ... this is a phenomenon ... because we're starting to see ... more ethnic superstars being used in some of these campaigns ... is that the case ... um well with me is I did a lot of pride because gas is such an iconic quintessentially American ... brand ... and it is you know all the women in ... the number of guests and is beautiful ... of the most beautiful women in the wild and ... you don't ... go all the London eye to eye and beautiful women ... and to be the first brown or in a lane I get that it's a moment of ... pride you know I did this second written happened ... to say ... well this is this that the only thing I wanted something that events ... to ... us and ... I only but in the boxes that you know and I was in the end of the Qusay ... I'm thinking ... whether likes me from what I am whatever that might be it's can be an American film or whatever ... likely for me ... and and I think I am ... this that was a huge step in and the diversification of my book covers and and ... and I think it it was ... it's a huge achievement and when you look at millennials ... they really don't see color and more of a mainstream phenomenon for them to just ... say hey I like this person I happens to be from the start of the world acts in this person ... from right up the street I mean ... do you think that gets in all of these brands that are moving in that direction I've seen that as a business opportunity I think this thing the fact that the quintessential American girl or boy ... is not ... but ... a kid anymore ... um today America is one of the most diverse countries in the world ... um he has people from all over the world where ... you nationalities and an ... income is and and and cut says ... and ethnicities who live in this country and probably call themselves ... and I think that's what these brands and ... realize that ... today the quintessential a man came down to convene brown black and white theme ... anything she can be ... um she can be fun anyway and and that's